It looked early on like Tampa Bay had slipped from being an elite team, but the return of Andrei Vasilevskiy has rewritten that script. Tampa was 10-14 in October-Novermber, and 15-9 since. The Lightning are 11-5 in their last 16 games as well as 6-1 in their past seven, and they are averaging almost four goals per contest over their last 17 games. The last six games between these teams, besides a 1-0 outlier, have averaged seven total goals per contest. Tampa Bay has put up five or more goals in three of its last five, and I think we have a shootout in Tampa tonight. Make the play OVER the total.
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